Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter; the other three being solid, liquid and gas. Several components, such as molecular clouds, diffuse interstellar gas, the solar atmosphere, the Earth's ionosphere and laboratory plasmas, including fusion plasmas, constitute the partially io...

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Main Author:	Krishan, V. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Delhi Cambridge University Press 2016
Series:	Cambridge atmospheric and space science series
Subjects:	Space plasmas Plasma (Ionized gases) Plasmaphysik
Online Access:	FHN01 BSB01 Volltext
Summary:	Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter; the other three being solid, liquid and gas. Several components, such as molecular clouds, diffuse interstellar gas, the solar atmosphere, the Earth's ionosphere and laboratory plasmas, including fusion plasmas, constitute the partially ionized plasmas. This book discusses different aspects of partially ionized plasmas including multi-fluid description, equilibrium and types of waves. The discussion goes on to cover the reionization phase of the universe, along with a brief description of high discharge plasmas, tokomak plasmas and laser plasmas. Various elastic and inelastic collisions amongst the three particle species are also presented. In addition, the author demonstrates the novelty of partially ionized plasmas using many examples; for instance, in partially ionized plasma the magnetic induction is subjected to the ambipolar diffusion and the Hall effect, as well as the usual resistive dissipation. Also included is an observation of kinematic dynamo in partially ionized plasmas
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Sep 2017)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages)
ISBN:	9781316341148
DOI:	10.1017/9781316341148